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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



thing if modern ingenuity cannot greatly lessen if not 

 entirely do away with the difficulty encountered in plant- 

 ing in the open which has been alluded to. Because the 

 tree requires partial shade in early life there should be no 

 hasty conclusion that it will grow at that period in a 

 dense, tall thicket, or in the deep shade of a mature forest. 

 If the seeds germinate there the little trees will certainly 

 bo. suppressed, for they must have more light than such 

 a situation affords. They must have a certain amount of 



light in early life, but not too much, and in maturer days 

 all the light they can get. There is a certain course laid 

 out by nature for this species to travel in, and that course 

 does not seem to be easily changed, and we must find 

 that out and follow it to be successful. Nature does it 

 and surely we can learn from her and gratify the j>eculiar 

 propensities of this valuable tree in some way, and we can 

 afford to expend some labor and money to find out what 

 to do, because of the tree's great economic value. 



Collecting Wood Specimens 



THE United States National Museum at Wash- 

 ington has recently established a Section of Wood 

 Technology. Under the direction of this sec- 

 tion it is proposed to assemble a collection of native and 

 foreign woods of commerce and to illustrate the manner 

 in which they are utilized. 



The wood collections are to consist of planks of ap- 

 pro.ximately commercial size and of the best quality. 

 Each wood will be given a natural finish and appropri- 

 ately labeled and arranged so as to be of the greatest 

 educational value. Specimens possessing rare or unusual 

 qualities, exhibited by such woods as curly birch, bird's- 

 eye maple, figured mahogany and others of beautiful 

 color or otherwise attractive appearance are also to be 

 secured. In addition, there will a series of specimens 

 illustrating the various styles and qualities of finishes 

 given to different woods. 



Supplementing the wood collections it is planned to 

 illustrate their utilization by showing the products of 

 various wood-using industries and also the progressive 



steps involved in their manufacture from the raw ma- 

 terial to the finished article. In this way will be shown, 

 for example, the making of paper, from the bolt of 

 spruce or other wood through each successive change in 

 its form until paper of various kinds and grades is ob- 

 tained ; similarly the interesting story of veneer manu- 

 facture with its beautiful and useful products, the manu- 

 facture of excelsior, the making of matches and tooth- 

 picks, the distillation of woods and a host of other wood 

 products, the output of many different industries, will 

 be explained by means of comprehensive and instructive 

 exhibits. 



Thus far in the work of assembling exhibition ma- 

 terial lumber associations, lumbermen and the wood- 

 using industries have shown a gratifying willingness to 

 cooperate with and assist the ^luseum in developing 

 exhibits of their products. It is hoped that this spirit 

 will continue and sufficient interest will be aroused among 

 them to assure creditable showings for all branches of 

 the business of wood-production and utilization. 



American Forestry Association Day 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION DAY 

 / \ at the I'anama-l'acific Exposition, Wednesday, 

 * * October 20, will see the largest combined gath- 

 ering of foresters, conservationists, forest fire protec- 

 tors, lumbermen and loggers that the Pacific Coast 

 has ever had. Not only will there be present members 

 of the American Forestry Association, but there will 

 also be members of the Western Forestry and Conser- 

 vation Association, Pacific Logging Congress, Society of 

 American Foresters, California Forest Protective Asso- 

 ciation, Biltmore Fore.st School Alumni and a num- 

 ber of other organizations interested in the subjects to 

 be discussed. 



Dr. Henry S. Drinker, president of Lehigh University 

 and president of the American Forestry Association, will 

 preside on October 20 and will make an address on the 

 forest relations between the East and the West. There 



will be other addresses by members of the association 

 on a proposed system of forest insurance, on the work 

 of the association and the mission of its magazine, 

 American Forestry, and upon questions of forest fire 

 protection and forest development. 



Following the series of meetings there will be a visit 

 to the redwood lumber camps near Eureka, Cal., where 

 two days will be spent in witnessing the operation of 

 cutting, logging and manufacturing the giant redwoods. 



Members of the American Forestry Association from 

 the East who anticipate attending may secure any infor- 

 mation regarding routes, hotels, etc., from the secretary. 



Headquarters for the association on October 18, 19, 

 20 and 21 will be at the Inside Inn, which is inside the 

 exposition grounds and the meetings will be held at 

 the Lumbermen's Building just across the way from the 

 Inside Inn. 



